SUNDAY CHECK-IN!!

[tryslora]

Sunday's over? Where did the weekend go? Don't worry, the weekend may be gone, but the word war still has two days left! Intermediary check-ins are completely optional, but if you want some extra encouragement come and tell us how you are doing and encourage your fellow writers also!

Remember you can always find encouragement here, in the chatroom or in Serious Business Writing Room.

It's not too late to join in the war! Just check in at the original post right here.

So... how's it going so far?

<b>Total Word War Goal:</b> <b>New Words Written:</b> <b>Total Words So Far:</b> <b>Projects Worked On:</b> <b>If You Set Other Goals <i>(get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever)</i>, Are You Progressing?</b> <b>Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, snippets, etc.)?</b>

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[lordhellebore]

Total Word War Goal: 10k
New Words Written: 5,239
Total Words So Far: 12,822
Projects Worked On: Secret
If You Set Other Goals, Are You Progressing? Just writing another huge emo scene.
Anything To Share? I MADE MY GOAL IN 3 DAYS!

[tryslora]

WOOHOO!!!!! *dances you around the room*

[lordhellebore]

And if I tell you I already wrote another 2k in the 3.5 hours since midnight? ;)

[oakstone730.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal: 20,000
New Words Written: 4,300
Total Words So Far: 10,900
Projects Worked On:Anon Fest
Are You Progressing? Progress definitely being made. There is hope.

[oakstone730.livejournal.com]

Go you! Awesome job!

[tryslora]

I am impressed and envious. You are flying along!

[tryslora]

Woohoo! I wish I had that wordcount!

[tryslora]

Total Word War Goal: 10k (I am SO not getting there)
New Words Written: 1416
Total Words So Far: 4,517
Projects Worked On: my WiP
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Are You Progressing? Well, I wrote more than half a chapter of my WiP, but I have done no outlining. Which is BAD.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, snippets, etc.)? It is very hard to write while camping. On the other hand, here, have a picture of a fire (and others from the campground):

   

[lordhellebore]

I am also eschewing sleep. It's almost 5 in the morning.

[oakstone730.livejournal.com]

Sheer desperation in order to meet the deadline...

[lordhellebore]

Thanks! ^^

[lordhellebore]

That's great! :D Looks like you can reach your goal.

[oakstone730.livejournal.com]

We'll see. My real goal is to get the story's first draft done and to my beta by mid-week. The 20K is my best guess of how long it would take to wrap things up.

[swissmarg]

Total Word War Goal: 5K (1K per day)
New Words Written: 846
Total Words So Far: For the word war: 3,784 for the fic: 55,747
Projects Worked On: Sherlock fusion
If You Set Other Goals Are You Progressing? Yes! I finished the chapter. That's also one reason why I fell short of my daily goal, because I find it harder to get into a new chapter.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, snippets, etc.)? I was too cocky, having easily made my 1,000 words on the previous two days I left it until really late to start writing yesterday, and when I finished the chapter I just didn't have the energy to push out the last 200 words.

[swissmarg]

You're almost halfway there and still have two days left to write, so don't give up! I can't figure out that second picture. It looks like an oddly tall person or possibly someone with someone else on their shoulders. Also, looks like you've had lots of rain. Hope you're keeping cozy!

[swissmarg]

Sweet, congratulations!

[witchyemerald.livejournal.com]

Total Word War Goal:3000
New Words Written:647
Total Words So Far:2076
Projects Worked On: Manly Heat wave
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Are You Progressing? Made a better outline - so thats good. Now for a holiday of typing
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, snippets, etc.)?

[essenity.livejournal.com]

Technically it's nearly the end of Monday for me but...
Total Word War Goal: Originally 7000 but I've long since passed that point.
New Words Written: 2820 for one piece, 9610 for another piece so in total I've written 12,430ish words for HD stories. (Then I also did the 2200 word essay for real life).
Total Words So Far: This is my first check in so everything up there.
Projects Worked On: A one-shot, a anon fest and an academic essay for real life that I probably failed.
If You Set Other Goals (get characters to hook up, find a way to work in some smut/angst/fluff, reach a certain plot point, whatever), Are You Progressing? I guess so, though, I'm feeling a bit stuck because I'm not a fluff writer and the story seems to be going in that direction.
Anything To Share (flailing, requests for butt-kicking, pep-talks, snippets, etc.)? I guess I'll change my original goal from 7,000 to 15,000 (going to ignore the essay count).

[tryslora]

I am still impressed. You are writing at times when I definitely could not. I reach a point of complete incoherence and staring at the screen, and I have to give up and sleep!

[tryslora]

But you have the stick-to-it-iveness that I don't at that point... it's great!!

[tryslora]

My son (who is not quite five feet tall) is on front of my husband (who is 6'1") and they are both throwing rocks into the river. :)

And oh yes, it rained like all last week, and into the weekend. Thankfully we have a camper, which has heat, so we've been able to weather through it. It only rained part of yesterday, and today is supposed to be nice and warming up a little. Of course, the best weather comes as we're leaving tomorrow. Unfortunately!

In words... I've made 800 words this morning before folks woke up, but well, now they're awake. Productive time will probably be over soon, unless I can hide from them for a little while as it is still cold outside!

[tryslora]

I can understand that. I know folks who say that writing should never be left at the end of the day between chapters, because it makes it hard to start the next day. I get around that by writing myself notes on chapters a few chapters ahead, so I have a slight starting point to help me begin the next one.

Of course, as I say this, I've begun the morning by finishing a chapter, and am not sure how to get the next one going myself!

[tryslora]

Excellent job!

[tryslora]

Woohoo! Look at all those words! And great job on getting the RL essay done too. GO YOU!